[S.u.S.E. Linux] Linux Proxy Server Authorization
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Hello Everyone:-) I finally succeeded in getting my network running between Win95 and Linux:-) Now, I want to be able to access the internet from the Win95 machine via my Linux Box. (My Linux Box is the only machine that has an outside connection). I have set up the Win95 Box to access the internet via a "proxy server" with the address for my Linux Box as the "Proxy server". But, when I try to make the connection, I get a big display saying that I am not authorized to access whatever site thru this server. Question, What all is involved in setting the Linux Box up as a proxy server? I'd appreciate any hints and pointers that could help in getting this little problem solved:-) Thanx Loads! -- cya l8r Leon McClatchey <A HREF="mailto:leonmcclatchey@homemail.com">mailto:leonmcclatchey@homemail.com</A> Party on Linux:-) -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e
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Leon McClatchey writes:
I finally succeeded in getting my network running between Win95 and Linux:-) Now, I want to be able to access the internet from the Win95 machine via my Linux Box. (My Linux Box is the only machine that has an outside connection). I have set up the Win95 Box to access the internet via a "proxy server" with the address for my Linux Box as the "Proxy server". But, when I try to make the connection, I get a big display saying that I am not authorized to access whatever site thru this server.
Question, What all is involved in setting the Linux Box up as a proxy server?
I'd appreciate any hints and pointers that could help in getting this little problem solved:-)
I set up something like that using IP Masquerading. It's a kernel option. I think that there is some info on it in /usr/src/linux/Documentation/networking/Masquerading. It lets the other two win 95 machines use my dialup connection while I'm using the connection. It's really cool. It sends the right packets to the right machines automagically. Although 3 people sharing one modem does slow things down on occasion. If you set up diald, your linux machine will start up your internet connection whenever it gets a request from any of the machines for a machine that you can't resolve in your hosts file. Hope this helps. -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e
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Kyle Edbauer wrote:
I set up something like that using IP Masquerading. It's a kernel option. I think that there is some info on it in /usr/src/linux/Documentation/networking/Masquerading. It lets the other two win 95 machines use my dialup connection while I'm using the connection. It's really cool. It sends the right packets to the right machines automagically. Although 3 people sharing one modem does slow things down on occasion.
Thanx! That sounds like something I could use. So I went to look at the documentation and set the Kernel up according to its directions. I then used Yast to change the configuration files to enable masquerading. Still can't get the connection:-( But, I did discover that Suse has SMP already in, just needed to be activated and reconfigured. I did that, did the init 1... init 2 thing and boom, I could access all the file areas and printers on the linux box as virtual drives:-) Not real happy with the printer tho, it has a problem printing in landscape mode:-( But for most printouts, it does work pretty well:-) I still got the not authorized error when I tried to access the internet from my win95 machine. I think it may have something to do with trying to go thru Apache? I saw some instructions on how to set up Apache as a proxy server but couldn't find the source files to do the reconfiguration and recompile with:-(
If you set up diald, your linux machine will start up your internet connection whenever it gets a request from any of the machines for a machine that you can't resolve in your hosts file.
BTW, is it necessary to activate RARP? My internet connection is a dynamically generated number. How do you set that up in the masquerade? From what I understand of Masquerading, I want the packets to come to my Linux box and then the Linux box reroutes them to the actual machine? Thanx Loads!+ -- cya l8r Leon McClatchey <A HREF="mailto:leonmcclatchey@homemail.com">mailto:leonmcclatchey@homemail.com</A> Party on Linux:-) -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e
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